List of Shooto Pacific Rim champions

In 2005 the Shooto Organization decided to create splinter Shooto organizations around the world, with their own rankings and champions. Along with a European and American Shooto organization, a Pacific Rim organization was created focusing on Asia (but mostly Japan). This is the title history for the Pacific Rim titles.

Title histories

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Weight limit: 77 kg (169.8 lb)
No. Name Date Defenses
1   Keita Nakamura
def. Ronald Jhun
July 21, 2006
Nakamura vacated the title on June 6, 2007, as he was unable to defend the title in the mandated time[1]
2   Xavier Lucas
def. Yoshitaro Niimi
October 26, 2008 1. def. Akihiro Yamazaki on September 22, 2009
Lucas vacated the title on January 28, 2010, for undisclosed reasons[2]
3   Yoichiro Sato
def. Jung Min Kang
March 22, 2010

1. def. Takasuke Kume on August 7, 2010
2. drew with Akihiro Murayama on February 26, 2011

4   Akihiro Murayama June 11, 2011
Murayama vacated the title on March 1, 2019, for undisclosed reasons[3]
5   Soki
def. Yukinari Tamura
June 16, 2019
6   Yukinari Tamura May 15, 2022
Weight limit: 70 kg (154.3 lb)
No. Name Date Defenses
1   Kotetsu Boku
def. Ryan Bow
January 29, 2005
Boku vacated the title on December 17, 2005 as he suffered a knee injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time.
2   Mitsuhiro Ishida
def. Kenichiro Togashi
February 17, 2006
Ishida vacated the title on January 12, 2007 as he was unable to defend the title in the mandated time[4]
3   Takashi Nakakura
def. Mizuto Hirota
February 17, 2007
Nakakura vacated the title on May 3, 2008 after winning the world title
4   Yusuke Endo
def. Kenichiro Togashi
February 17, 2007 1. def. Kotetsu Boku on September 22, 2009
Endo vacated the title on September 26, 2010 to challenge Willamy Freire for the Shooto 154lb title.
5   Yoshihiro Koyama
def. Shinji Sasaki
February 17, 2007 1. def. Kenichiro Togashi on September 23, 2011
Koyama vacated the title to challenge Kuniyoshi Hironaka for the Shooto 154lb title.[5]
6   Shinji Sasaki
def. Shin Kochiwa
January 20, 2013
7   Nobumitsu Osawa March 16, 2014
8   Koshi Matsumoto April 18, 2015

1. draw. Yuki Kawana on July 26, 2015
2. def. Hiroki Aoki on January 11, 2016

Matsumoto vacated the title to challenge Yuki Kawana for the Shooto 154lb title[6]
9   Yuki Kawana
def. Hiroki Aoki
July 23, 2017
Matsumoto vacated the title on July 12, 2020, after winning the world title[7]
10   Shutaro Debana
def. Yu Tanaka
December 20, 2020 1. def. Max Sugimoto on December 18, 2021
Weight limit: 65 kg (143.3 lb)
No. Name Date Defenses
1   Rumina Sato
def. Makoto Ishikawa
March 11, 2005
Sato suffered an injury which prevented him from defending his title in the mandatory time period per Shooto regulations
2   Akitoshi Tamura
def. Tenkei Fujimiya
February 17, 2007
Due to Tamura winning the Shooto World Lightweight belt he was asked to relinquish the Pacific Rim Title
3   Taiki Tsuchiya
def. Hideki Kadowaki
January 23, 2010

1. def. Issei Tamura on July 19, 2010
2. def. Gustavo Falciroli on November 19, 2010

Tsuchiya vacates the title due to losing a non-title match to Takeshi Inoue on April 30, 2011
4   Yusuke Yachi
def. Wataru Miki
November 11, 2012 1. def. Yuji Hoshino on March 17, 2013
Yachi vacated the title signing with Pacific Xtreme Combat
5   Yoshifumi Nakamura January 25, 2015
6   Yutaka Saito May 3, 2015
Saito vacated the title to challenge Yoshifumi Nakamura for the Shooto 143lb title
7   Ryogo Takahashi
def. Tomoya Hirakawa
November 12, 2016 1. def. Jin Aoi on October 15, 2017
Takahashi vacated the title on 2018 when he signed with ONE Championship.
8   Mitsuhiro Toma
def. Derricott Yamamoto
June 17, 2018 1. def. Akira Takano on June 30, 2019
9   Takashi Nakayama January 26, 2020
10   Keisuke Sasu September 19, 2020 1. def. Taison Naito on January 30, 2021
Sasu vacated the title to challenge Ryoji Kudo for the Shooto 143lb title
Weight limit: 60 kg (132.3 lb)
No. Name Date Defenses
1   Koetsu Okazaki
def. Hiromasa Ogikubo
October 17, 2009 1. def. Tetsu Suzuki on July 19, 2010
Okazaki vacated
2   Yuta Sasaki
def. Tetsu Suzuki
January 20, 2013 1. def. Kenji Yamamoto on July 27, 2013
Sasaki vacated
3   Yuta Nezu
def. Kota Onojima
March 16, 2014 1. def. Keita Ishibashi on September 27, 2014
Nezu vacated
4   Daichi Takenaka
def. Takuya Ogura
March 21, 2016
Takenaka vacated the title on 2016 when he signed with ONE Championship.
5   Keita Ishibashi
def. Ryo Okada
November 12, 2016
Ishibashi vacated the title to challenge Shoko Sato for the Shooto 132lb title
6   Kazuma Sone
def. Mamoru Uoi
January 28, 2018
7   Ryo Okada January 27, 2019 1. drew with Tatsuya Ando on September 22, 2019
Okada vacated the title to challenge Kazuma Kuramoto for the interim Shooto 132lb title
8   Tatsuya Ando
def. Takumi Tamaru
August 1, 2020 1. def. Hayato Ishii on September 20, 2021
Ando vacated the title to challenge Ryo Okada for the Shooto 132lb title
9   Kota Onojima
def. Nobuki Fuji
January 16, 2022
10   Hayato Ishii May 22, 2022
11   Nobuki Fuji November 27, 2022 1. def. Takuma Sudo on January 28, 2024

See also

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References

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